{"product_id":"home-social-essays-9781933354675","title":"Home: Social Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Jones\/Baraka usually speaks as a Negro--and always as an American. He is eloquent, he is bold. He demands rights--not conditional favors.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2007, Akashic Books ushered Amiri Baraka back into the forefront of America's literary consciousness with the short story collection \u003cem\u003eTales of the Out \u0026amp; the Gone\u003c\/em\u003e. Now, this reissue of \u003cem\u003eHome\u003c\/em\u003e--long out of print--features a highly provocative and profoundly insightful collection of 1960s social and political essays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eHome\u003c\/em\u003e is, in effect, the ideological autobiography of LeRoi Jones\/Amiri Baraka. The two dozen essays that constitute this book were written during a five-year span--a turbulent and critical period for African Americans and whites. The Cuban Revolution, the Birmingham bombings, Robert Williams's Monroe Defense movement, the Harlem riots, the assassination of Malcolm X . . . each changed the way Jones\/Baraka looked at America. This progressive change is recorded with honesty, anger, and passion in his writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashiclassics: Renegade Reprint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933354675","brand":"Akashic Books, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44137000697993,"sku":"9781933354675","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_97e53284-31d7-4441-9b5c-2f4f1ddc9cb0.jpg?v=1748397351","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/home-social-essays-9781933354675","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}